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John Steele papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Vault MSS 528
Scope and Contents
Contains diaries, notes, correspondence, dictionaries, surveys, bonds, certificates, horoscopes, and military orders. The correspondence was to and from John Steele, other family members, and acquaintances. The materials document the activities of the Steele family, John's militia and Mormon Battalion activities, his missions to England and to the Indians, his migration to Utah, and his life in Utah and Nevada. Also included is a dictionary of the Southern Paiute language created by John...
Dates:
1816-1989
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Richard Steele journal
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 6074
Joseph Grant Stevenson collection of Sanford Porter Sr. journal
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 8522
Scope and Contents
Contains electronic copies of photographs of the journal of Sanford Porter Sr. Includes descriptions of Porter's experiences as an early convert to the LDS church and his journey with his family across the western United States. Materials dated approximately 2008.
Dates:
approximately 2008
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Kanute Swensen diaries
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 165
Scope and Contents
Handwritten diaries with bound photostat copies of the items. The first two volumes, covering the years 1857 to 1868, are in Danish, while the remainder are in English. Also included is a typewritten translation into English of the diaries for the years 1857 and 1858 when Swensen was serving a mission for the Mormon Church in Denmark. Swensen writes about his immigration to Utah and his life in Pleasant Grove.
Dates:
1857-1902
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Joseph Smith Tanner autobiography
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1267
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typescript as "given by Joseph S. Tanner to N. H. Tanner ... at Payson ... Utah." Tanner tells about his early life as a Mormon and about his experiences in Payson, Utah.
Dates:
1907
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Sidney Tanner letter
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1269
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten and signed letter dated April 13, 1847. Also included is a typescript of the item. Tanner writes to his "Father and Mother, Brothers & Sisters" to tell them about the moves he has been forced to make because of the persucutions of the Mormons and informs them about the deaths of family members.
Dates:
1847 April 13
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
George Hamilton Taylor autobiography
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS SC 183
Scope and Contents
Handwritten autobiography. Taylor writes about his early life, conversion to the Mormon Church, migration to Utah, business ventures, missions to England, and conviction for polygamy.
Dates:
approximately 1900
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James Parshall Terry autobiography
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 1698
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a handwritten and typed autobiography of James P. Terry which includes his experiences with Johnston's Army in 1857.
Dates:
1880-1905
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
James Parshall Terry journal
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS SC 515
Scope and Contents
Handwritten biographical sketch of Terry's life which describes Mormon difficulties in Missouri, campsites during the exodus west, pioneer life in southern Utah, and Terry's mission to Canada and northeastern U.S., 1887-1888. Also an account of Terry's activities in Echo Canyon during the Utah War, 1857. The journal was written in a watermaster's log which included previous entries.
Dates:
1857-1890
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
Textile arts of the Mormon pioneers from 1847-1900
File — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1387
Scope and Contents
Photocopy of a typewritten thesis for a Master of Science degree at Oregon State University. Lamprecht writes about textiles among the Mormons in Utah.
Dates:
1963
Found in:
L. Tom Perry Special Collections
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